Lucius was returning. Impatient, Druce jerked his head at Jason and said, "So. She got herself into some trouble related to the Guttersnipe - that much I gathered. She tumbled into a fight with me, as you saw; she seems to have an unseemly knack for it. Is she to stay here, do you know? The boy said--" But he stopped himself there, for the imp had seemed to expect secrecy from him and if Jason were meant to know, Lord Ambrosius would have already informed him. "Well, never mind what the boy said," he amended bluntly.